Tim Hints At The Coming TV (MacNN): In a question relating to TVs, Tim Cook said, "Despite the barriers in that market, for those of us who use it, we always thought there was something there. If we kept following our intuition and pulling the string, we might find something larger. We need something that could go more main-market."

iCould Is A Long Game Strategy (The Next Web): Tim Cook announced that its syncing service iCloud now has over 100 million users. Just last month, Cook said that the service had 85 million users, making this a growth of 15 million users in 21 days.

Apple Orders 60-70% More Displays For The iPad 3 Than The iPad 2 (9to5Mac)ChinaTimes said in a new report that Apple ordered a whopping 65 million 264PPI Retina displays from both LG and Samsung. Both have reportedly already begun production, as well. It is not clear if this number includes orders from Sharp, who is rumored to be building displays from the iPad 3. For comparison, Apple ordered 40 million displays for the iPad 2. That's a substantial 60-70% increase over iPad 2. If these reports are true, Apple is thinking big for its new tablet.

Apple Accounts For One Fifth Of All Consumer Electronic Sales (NPD)NPD's report of 2011's trends in electronics sales shows that Apple accounts for nearly one fifth of all U.S. revenue in consumer electronics. HP is a distant second, having generated only about half as much revenue as Apple during the year. Results show shifting trends in the consumer electronics landscape. The share of overall sales revenue for PCs declined by 0.5 percent year-over-year (a decline that would have been steeper without Mac sales). The overall share of TV and video game hardware sales also declined year-over-year.

Apple Ready To Quadruple Investment In Outsourcing To India (The Next Web)At the end of January, Apple CIO Niall O’Connor visited India, meeting with two of the country’s biggest consultancy firms. Apple already contributes millions of dollars to both companies, but is reportedly ready to quadruple its investment in India thanks to its industrious workforces and lower outsourcing cost. Apple’s current India spend totals around $100 million, accounting for nearly a fifth of its global outsourcing spending.